With the NCAA now allowing schools to give full scholarship athletes a stipend of up to $2,000 to cover cost-of-attendance expenses, schools are approaching the new rule differently.

The Sun Belt Conference already has given its member schools the go-ahead to implement this stipend, and Washington State athletic director Bill Moos told The Spokesman Review that the Pac-12 might not be far behind.

"I'm confident the (Pac-12) conference will pass that, because we don't want to put ourselves in a position of a recruiting disadvantage," Moos told the paper. "And I think there is a genuine feeling amongst the group that it's good legislation."

Washington State’s cost of attendance number is $1,710, which means that’s the maximum amount that the school could dole out to athletes. However, given that other schools’ cost of attendance number could be above that $2,000 threshold, Moos sees a potential recruiting advantage for his school.

"Take for example the cost of attendance in L.A. may be $4,000 and yet they can only go to $2,000," Moos told the Spokesman Review. "We'll sell it that, hey, we're covering the full cost of attendance in Pullman, Washington.

"And you'll see that $1,710 number inch up toward the $2,000 with time."

Meanwhile, Iowa is taking a wait-and-see approach with its handling of the cost of attendance question, wanting to see who will qualify and how they qualify, and making sure that the school follows the rules of the process, The (Cedar Rapids) Gazette reported.

“My biggest thought process over the years has been increasing the availability for funding for students in need,” Iowa athletic director Gary Barta told The Gazette. “Where I’m not sure how this new implementation is going to work is it going to be mostly for students in need or is it going to apply to other students as well? So I’m not against it at all; I’m in favor of trying to create more support for students in need. I’m just going to have to see where this all shakes out.”

As this does continue to play out, Moos believes he knows what the end result will be.

"You're going to see the BCS conferences, in my opinion, all adopt this," Moos told The Spokesman Review. "Then you'll have the other conferences feel if they're going to compete ... they'll have to have the same benefit."

Gonzaga AD Mike Roth is in agreement with Moos.

“To be competitive, you’re going to have to participate,” Roth told The Spokesman Review. “It becomes the new full ride. Instead of room, board, tuition, books and fees, which it’s always been, it’s room, board, tuition, books and fees and $2,000.”